Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Chevron Quilt from Layer Cake

Hello folks! I am sharing a tutorial on how to make a chevron quilt using a layer cake and three and a half yards of backing fabric. Cut your backing fabric into as many 10" squares as the number of layer cake squares you will be using! I used the entire layer cake for this project. Place them one layer cake square and one backing square right sides together. Pin them at the corners and stitch around the entire perimeter of the square with a 1/4" seam allowance.

Once you have done this, cut your squares across both diagonals. Iron open. This gives you a half square triangle.

Lay your blocks into a pleasing chevron design and stitch the blocks into rows and then the rows into a completed quilt. Enjoy!

This is a big quilt. Spot the kitty at the bottom of the completed quilt to give you an idea of how big it is.

2 comments:

Nice way to make a cheron quilt. Thanks for the how-to. I wandered onto your blog looking for a quilty friend who also has a blog with this name and am enjoying your quilts. I have become a follower so I can follow the thread trail back ... have a happy quilty day ... :) Pat

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I have been married for 29 years to my wonderful husband. We have four children -3 sons and a daughter, as well as two wonderful daughters-in-law who are the center of our lives. We share our home with two cats. My passion in life is sewing. I was privileged to have two grandmothers who taught me how to knit and crochet at a tender age, instilling a deep love of crafting and being creative in me. I am a self-taught quilter and have been quilting for 14 years.